Barbizon

Barbizon
Commune
Coat of arms
Barbizon Location within Île-de-France region Barbizon
Coordinates: 48°26′48″N 2°36′20″E / 48.4467°N 2.6056°E / 48.4467; 2.6056Coordinates: 48°26′48″N 2°36′20″E / 48.4467°N 2.6056°E / 48.4467; 2.6056
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Fontainebleau
Canton	Fontainebleau
Intercommunality	CA Pays de Fontainebleau
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pierre Bedouelle
Area1	5.27 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,588
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	77022 /77630
Elevation	75–93 m (246–305 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Barbizon is a commune (town) in the Seine-et-Marne department in north-central France. It is located near the Fontainebleau Forest.

Demographics

The inhabitants are called Barbizonais.

Art history

The Barbizon school of painters is named after the village; Théodore Rousseau and Jean-François Millet, leaders of the school, made their homes and died in the village.

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  The Sheepfold, Moonlight by Jean-François Millet. The Walters Art Museum.
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  The Potato Harvest by Jean-François Millet. The Walters Art Museum.

International relations

See also

• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department
• List of works by Henri Chapu

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barbizon.

• Barbizon website
• 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Barbizon (in French)
• Map of Barbizon on Michelin (in English)
• Johnson, Clifton (February 3, 1900). "The Village of Jean-François Millet". The Outlook. 64: 275–284. Retrieved 2009-07-30.